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By Samuel Brown
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and the after-effects of a highly divisive campaign against gay marriage in California have brought intense media scrutiny to the Mormons and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Some of the attention has been salutary: the academic study of Mormonism is finally taking off, and respected presses are publishing important new books on Mormonism.
The increased attention has also had a more controversial side. A variety of voices excoriate a church and religious tradition that they see as poisonous. These individuals descry in Mormonism dogmatic anti-intellectualism, shunning of dissatisfied or former members, dishonesty about institutional history, and even conspiracy theories that strain credulity. Those who love the LDS Church often express outrage at these criticisms of the community they treasure. Some recount their own highly positive experiences in the Church, the warmth they have found in its embrace, the love of knowledge and wisdom and diversity they find there. The two groups seem to be talking past each other, unable to recognize the Mormonism the other is describing.
Some of the complaints are ill-informed nonsense or conspiracy theories. Some are pure ignorance of a complex, outsider faith. Some of the criticisms represent poorly concealed classism, derision of the worldview of rural folk from America's Mormon West. Many of the complaints are an artifact of sampling — Mormons are as various as any other people: some will be good, some will be bad; some tolerant, some intolerant; some provincial, some cosmopolitan.
But problems with sampling frame are too easy an answer to some complaints from outside observers or former members, which deserve apology rather than refutation. Those of us who love our church owe it to ourselves, to our neighbors, and to our God to allow criticism to make us better, wiser, more committed.
An apocryphal tradition has Mormon founder Joseph Smith explain that "When an enemy had told a scandalous story about him… before he rendered judgment he paused and let his mind run back to the time and place and setting of the story to see if he had not by some unguarded word or act laid the block on which the story was built. If he found that he had done so, he said that in his heart he… felt thankful that he had received warning of a weakness that he had not known he possessed." Regardless of whether Smith is the source of this anecdote, there is important wisdom in it.
We Latter-day Saints must accept blame where blame is due. We should deeply regret Mormonism's pre-1978 rejection of full membership for people of African descent. Even if we believe the policy was divine revelation, the theologies used to defend that policy are offensive, malignant, and must be abandoned. Even if, as some Latter-day Saints maintain, God allowed earlier generations of Mormons to practice institutional racism because they couldn't handle egalitarianism — much as parents might indulge a teen's cursing habit in the interests of keeping the lines of communication open — we modern Latter-day Saints must work strenuously to erase the last vestiges of that racism. Mormons are not the only community that needs to confront and mourn a terrible racial past. But we have been called to a higher life, and we should not falter in so great a cause.
Some Latter-day Saints have drawn on acrimonious hatred of gay people in heated debates about homosexuality and the legal contours of family relationships. Whatever the ultimate decision about the legal scope of civil marriage, cruel attitudes and language should have no place in Mormons' political expression. We ought especially to remember the effects attitudes and rhetoric might have on our gay and lesbian siblings who have chosen to remain involved in our community despite the substantial emotional toll it exerts.
That some of our people turned our communitarian ethos to the heinous crime of the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre should embarrass us deeply. While it is true that extra-legal violence was common then and that Mormons understood themselves to be at war with the United States at the time, our first response to angry questions about Mountain Meadows should be that we are deeply sorry that our coreligionists murdered 120 members of a migrant wagon train and then covered up the crime. We should scrutinize ourselves to see whether there are any remnants of the angry isolationism and the penchant for dehumanizing our enemies that played into the massacre. Where we see such traits in ourselves, we should stamp them out.
On a more everyday level, some Latter-day Saints have shamed and shunned members of the community who have faltered in belief or commitment or who have resigned entirely from the faith. At a time of great emotional stress, these individuals have found themselves separated from the support structures on which they have relied for much of their life. We all could and should do better at extending love and kindness to those who no longer feel able to maintain devotion to our faith.
There is much that is beautiful in us, in our church, in our religion. We care for each other and for the stricken with prodigious efficiency and enthusiasm; we generally take our religion and its obligations seriously; we support a coherence of community that is difficult to rival in the modern world. We are preoccupied with Christ, even if many traditional Christians reject our theology as heresy. Recognizing and celebrating all these strengths, we best honor the truth of our religion and our church when we allow just criticism to help us to improve, continuously.
Samuel Brown is Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Utah/Intermountain Medical Center and the author of In Heaven as It Is on Earth: Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death. He is also the translator of Aleksandr Men's Son of Man. Read his previous post "I Believe! The Origin of 'Strange' Mormon Beliefs."
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The people that play World of Warcraft come from all manner of job backgrounds and disciplines. Many of us are students. Some of us work in the office. No doubt there are players who come from military backgrounds. But did you know you can tell what kind of job your healer has when you put him on the spot? It's true! It might not be relevant, but you might find it interesting to know what supports the fix of the WoW playing healer! I guarantee you that someone out there has uttered these words*!
*Note: Not a real guarantee.
"Do you have any evidence with which to base your claim on that it was, in fact, my lack of heals that cause my client, this tank, to lose health and subsequently die?"
"Think of the big picture. Our cause is just. I believe we have to stay the course. There is a concept known as acceptable casualties. The loss of a tank, in this case, certainly falls under that. As long as we complete our mission, then everything is perfectly alright."
"Judging by the position of the tank relative to me and taking into account the time of death, I do not believe that I was the cause of the death of this player. I was within 40 yards and the heals were coming out. There is no logical reason as to why I let him die."
"We don't know what his cause of death is just yet. Blame cannot be issued until we establish how the player died. Pull up WoW Web Stats. I want combat logs of the last 5 players who interacted with the dead player."
"Let's see the replay tapes again. I want a play by play break down. If you watch it, it helps prove that his dying had nothing to do with me at all!"
"The numbers don't properly add up. My heals more than made up the difference between that and the damage taken."
"Your death was foretold. I was merely allowing the prophecy to come to pass."
"You did not follow proper tanking instructions. You get an F in tanking. "
"It's a terrible tragedy that you died in a raid. This is an excellent example of why you should buy my Flask of Fortification! It boosts your stamina by 30! More stamina means you live longer, right? With the right mix of herbs and a small fee of, you can have 500 additional health and higher defense rating! If you act now, I'll even throw in a free Spicy Crawdad! Limited time only, act now!"
"3000 gold and half a dozen Crimson Spinels says that I didn't cause the raid to wipe. Capice?"
Computer Technician
"Go restart your computer. That will solve most problems 99% of the time including tank deaths. There is no reason to blame anybody."
On a completely different note, there appear to be no photos of psychics anywhere.

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The unbeaten, untied Southeastern Conference champion had rolled to a 9-0 record in emphatic fashion, outscoring opponents 396-66. Head coach Frank Thomas, a Knute Rockne protégé, had installed the 'Notre Dame box' offense after his arrival in 1931. The year before Thomas's arrival in Tuscaloosa legendary head coach Wallace Wade had led the Tide to a third national championship in six seasons before accepting a job at Duke. Productivity never dropped under Thomas as Alabama went 9-1-0 his first season. A fourth national title followed in 1934. No southern school, including "General" Bob Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers, had an answer to the complex trickery of Alabama's pre-snap offensive shifts. Thomas's latest installation in 1945 revolved around the power running of halfback Lowell Tew, the darting speed and precision passing of halfback Harry Gilmer, and the bruising blocks of 248-pound all-America center Vaughan Mancha. As with most college teams of the late war years, the Tide players were young. Alabama's draft-age players had gone off to war in 1942, leaving the university without a varsity squad the following season. Arriving in 1944, Gilmer and company would be the only squad of four-year starters in Tuscaloosa for three decades.
The young Crimson Tide cut their teeth in with a 5-2-2 freshman campaign which culminated in a narrow 29-26 Sugar Bowl loss to Edmund Cameron's Duke Blue Devils. Notoriously hyperbolic sports-writing legend Grantland Rice reported after the game that Gilmer had been "better than Sammy Baugh" — a rather sacrilegious comment, but high praise. A year's experience added to Alabama's plentiful talent and Thomas's precise, demanding coaching bred a squad of champions in 1945. The Tide practiced so hard under Thomas that games typically felt like scrimmages to battle-tested players. The young Paul "Bear" Bryant learned his own tenacious and punishing coaching style under Thomas during the early thirties. During the week-long train ride to Pasadena Tide players studied with professors during the day and stopped for several hours each afternoon to practice. Workouts were so physical that Lowell Tew broke his jaw bone and did not start, playing instead with the reserve squad and wearing protective head gear.
Frank Thomas with Harry Gilmer,Thomas Whitely, Gordon Pettus and Henry Self
That kind of physicality gave Bama a decided advantage over Newell "Jeff" Cravath's 7-3 Trojan squad, which actually outweighed the Tide by an average of eight pounds a man. 320-pound tackle Jay Perrin — a giant in that era — led a strong line that allowed star halfback Ted Tannehill to run roughshod over most of the Pacific coast's other squads. Though odds-makers had the second-ranked Tide as a touchdown favorite, no Southern Cal squad had failed to win the Rose Bowl classic in eight appearances. Most of the 93,000-strong partisan crowd hoped and expected that the Trojans would find a way to prevail.
It took only two plays for the those hopes to being unraveling. On second down, Tannehill fumbled in the Trojan backfield. Hefty Alabama right guard Jack Green to recovered on the fifteen. Four plays later quarterback Henry Self reached the endzone on a two-yard sneak. The two sides exchanged punts through the remainder of the first period before Gilmer took control. On the first Bama possession of the second quarter the Tide marched sixty-eight yards in eleven plays. Gilmer called the plays, distributed the ball, and went across himself for the drive-capping play from the SC five. Behind the blocking of Mancha and Green — the standout performers in an excellent frontline — Bama's backs enjoyed gaping holes and frequently reached the Trojan secondary untouched.
On the final Tide possession of the first half Frank Thomas's men showed their squad depth as the second string offense romped to a sixty-four yard scoring drive on just four plays. Gordon Pettus, Gilmer's understudy at halfback, broke free for a fifty-one yard run before Trojan backs finally dragged him down inside the five-yard line. Tew finished the process with a two-yard plunge at right end. Southern Cal's struggles only mounted after the break as Alabama continued to hog the ball, putting together another scoring drive on seven plays on its first possession. A big kickoff return set the Tide up inside SC territory. Tew, Gilmer, and fullback Norwood Hodges then alternated runs to cover thirty-nine yards before Hodges finished with another short dive to the endzone. Gilmer completed a masterful performance early in the fourth quarter with a twenty-five yard touchdown pass to Self, putting the Tide ahead 34-0.
Alabama racked up 292 rushing yards and eighteen first downs, allowing Gilmer to pick his moments in the passing game. Four completions in twelve attempts added an unspectacular but useful fifty-nine yards and a score with one interception. Perhaps more impressively, Alabama's frontline dominance was equally marked on defense. The Trojans managed just six net yards rushing, three first downs [all in the fourth quarter], and only thirty-five yards passing. Tide defenders also added to the home team's woes with two interceptions. Southern Cal's stars simply never found their rhythm. It seemed they couldn't buy a break. On the kickoff following Gilmer's final score, with most of Alabama's third string unit in the game, Tannehill ran the ball back ninety yards only to see the play called back on an offside penalty.
Ted Tannehill going nowhere
The Trojans finally managed a little offensive output before a deep punt backed Alabama up to their own twenty-five. SC's line then held the visitors in check, forcing Pettus to fumble. Big Jay Perrin recovered, setting up Trojan halfback Verl Lilywhite to roll out and hit left end Harry Aldeman for a touchdown pass on the ensuing play. That strike accounted for almost all of Southern Cal's positive offensive yards in the final box score. Following the kick-off SC again prevented the Alabama reserves from making a first down, forcing the punt which Doornbos blocked on the game's final scoring play. Two late scores were perhaps a just reward for the Trojans, who continued to put forth full effort during an utter rout at the hands of an obviously superior opponent. But the final score-line did no justice to Alabama's dominating performance.
Coach Thomas's Crimson Tide silenced the California crowd. Earl Blaik's unbeaten Army squad, led by Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard, had been voted national champion by the Associated Press. West Point did not accept bowl invitations in those days [and would not do so until 1984], denying Alabama the chance to test themselves against the very best. But in every sense they could have proved, the Crimson Tide were champions.
Years later Gilmer would remember of the game:
"We beat Southern Cal 34-14, and it wasn't that close. After that the Rose Bowl shut Alabama and the other southern schools out."
From New Years' Day 1947 until the Miami Hurricanes faced Nebraska in the 2001 season Bowl Championship Series title game, the Rose Bowl would only host visitors from the Big Ten. To this day University of Alabama lettermen, alumni, and fans will tell anyone who cares to listen that Tournament of Roses organizers took that decision because they were sick of the Crimson Tide embarrassing the west coast champion. And there may be some truth to their argument.
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But the plan itself is so poor that the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) has appealed to Prime Minister Donald Tusk to scrap it and start again.
Most organisations voiced negative opinions during the consultation process, listing substantial errors and pointing out the non-compliance with NREAP templates.
A major point of contention concerns the plan's outlook for wind energy. Polish wind power, all onshore, is allocated an 8.6% share of total electricity consumption in 2020 - significantly below its potential capacity, according to the PWEA. The association believes wind should increase from the proposed annual production of 13.54TWh in 2020 to 33TWh, including 4.5TWh of offshore wind.
The PWEA also urges that the turbines used must be state of the art rather than second-hand, and is warning that electricity networks and financial support are inadequate if the country is to reach its 2020 target.


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Kevin Morooney elected vice chair of KINBER
Kevin Morooney elected vice chair of KINBER
Kevin Morooney, vice provost for Information Technology at Penn State, has been elected as the new vice chair for the Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER).
KINBER is a nonprofit organization comprised of education, research, health care and other institutions throughout Pennsylvania. As vice chair, Morooney will help further the organization's mission of providing broadband connectivity, fostering collaboration and promoting innovative technologies across the Commonwealth. In addition to his role at Penn State, Morooney will serve as KINBER's vice chair for two years before becoming chair for another two years.
"I am honored and excited to step into my position as KINBER's new vice chair," said Morooney. "I'm looking forward to working with the organization to help spread learning and innovation throughout the Commonwealth."
Wendy Huntoon, KINBER's executive director, says Morooney was chosen by KINBER for his leadership skills and mutual interests in collaboration and networking.
"Kevin has shown his leadership capabilities and his interest and involvement in the national networking community," said Huntoon, "as evidenced by the fact that he received Internet2's President's Leadership Award in April."
Internet2's leadership award recognizes exceptional leadership in the Internet2 community, a group of research, academic, industrial and government leaders who collaborate with and through innovative technologies.
As vice chair, Morooney will assume Chair Jinx Walton's duties in the event of her absence, work on key projects and participate as a member of the board to shape the strategic direction of KINBER as it evolves and grows into its next phase.
KINBER's flagship project is the Pennsylvania Research and Education Network (PennREN). The network consists of more than 1,600 miles of fiber and connects more than 70 locations in Pennsylvania. PennREN provides next generation broadband that enables services like ultra high-definition video, colocation, disaster recovery and data sharing. The collaborative environment also provides opportunities for member institutions to share best practices, content and programs.
For more IT stories at Penn State, visit Current at http://current.it.psu.edu.


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Rounding the corner and coming down the homestretch to the 2008 election are two candidates who have vastly different plans for the future of our so far free nation.
On one hand we have the McCain/Palin ticket who lean towards conserving our nations traditionally free way of government and on the other hand we have the Obama/Biden ticket, who with Democratic Party support, are planning big changes in our nation. If we elect Barrack Obama we are electing to transform our nation to a socialist nation. Time to ask yourself if that is really the kind of change you are looking for in our nation.
Today I've reposted two earlier posts that I feel are very timely to the decision we have facing us in a few weeks. Baby Steps, one of my earlier post, briefly describes the path from capitalism to communism. The second Destruction of the Human Spirit is a more recent post that connects Barrack Obama with this line of thinking.
Baby Steps – November 16, 2006
Most are not aware of our nation's baby steps toward communism. Aware or not they are happening. Most "peace" rallies protest etc. are fronts for socialist/communist organizations. Using the war as camouflage for their actions is serving them well. News won't report what is going on. I have provided links to our local press and local government on several occasions, but there is no interest. I wondered why. Wondering why is what I do.
The why seems to be that we are in a Democrat county and the Democrats are the biggest promoters of socialism in our nation. They want us to be a socialist nation, they just don't want to say that in public. Which party pushes for the most social programs? Which party pushes for "living wages" regardless of job performance? Which party pushes for government defined morality? Which party refuses to defend our nation? Which party hides socialism behind the word progressive? Which party has dozens of members in congress who are also part of a Congressional Progressive Caucus started by the Democratic Socialists of America? Do you want our nation to become a socialist or communist nation? Should we aspire to be like China, Venezuela, former Soviet Union, or France?
I'm not promoting a McCarthy witch hunt, I'm just saying that if you don't want our nation to be like these nations then tell your friends to quit voting socialist Democrats into congress.
Capitalism is free market, open competition, profit motive and private ownership of the means of production. Capitalism encourages private investment and business, compared to a government-controlled economy. Investors in these private companies (i.e. shareholders) also own the firms and are known as capitalists.
Social democracy
Political ideology that advocates a peaceful, evolutionary transition of society from capitalism to socialism, using established political processes.
Political-economic doctrine that, unlike capitalism which is based on competition, seeks a cooperative society in which the means of production and distribution are owned by the government or collectively by the people. Karl Marx saw socialism as a transition state between capitalism and communism.
A system of social organization in which goods are held in common. Communism in the United States is something of an anomaly. The basic principles of communism are, by design, at odds with the free enterprise foundation of the U.S. government. The freedom of individuals to privately own property, start a business, and own the means of production is a basic tenet of U.S. government, and communism opposes this ideal.
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Video: Barnes 'accidentally' tosses Stotts; fan rushes court; tempers flare between Lakers and Mavs'
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: The Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers were setting the tone for a possible playoff showdown.
Team Cuban currently sits at third in the Western Conference, while the purple-and-gold are second, trailing the league-leading San Antonio Spurs.
One game separated these two teams in the standings. They still could have swapped places; home-court advantage in the playoffs was at stake.
Not surprisingly, there was extra juice to Thursday's game between the Mavericks and Lakers. Not surprisingly, tempers flared.
Initially, Jason Terry and Steve Blake got into it due to a late shove from The Jet. Matt Barnes, previously known as The Mohawk, defended Blake and got tangled with Mavericks assistant coach Terry Stotts.
Stotts was restraining Barnes, but the tattooed swing 'accidentally' threw the peacemaker to the floor, which angered Mavericks Brian Cardinal and Tyson Chandler.
Then a Laker fan rushed the Mavericks' bench. It was madness at The Staples Center.
Bottom line: let's hope these teams meet in the playoffs. It would be quite the match-up.
Watch the clip below and get at us with thoughts on Thursday night fight club at the Staples Center.
(Was Barnes' toss of Stott really an 'accident'?)
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Herndon I'm writing about the complaint filed by the Coalition of the Silence regarding the lack of representation of Black, Latino, poor and disabled kids at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, and about why this issue is worthy of immediate community action, regardless of the complaint's final disposition.
1) Too many Fairfax County Public Schools administrators and school board members respond to revealed problems and areas needing significant improvement in dismissive ways. They:
a) Make changes because they already agree with the advocacy and there is little political risk (a.k.a. Full-Day Kindergarten, Real Food for Kids)
b) Make superficial changes and call it a day, then try to dismantle any small changes made (a.k.a. discipline reform, healthy high school start times)
c) Make changes when shamed (a.k.a. restoring honors programs, FairGrade)
d) Delay, obfuscate, sabotage, spin, circle the wagons, attack advocates as being too organized or not organized (and therefore "silent") and otherwise use its considerable resources to dismiss and ignore problems and disparage advocates as being irrelevant or "unpatriotic" to the school or county or economy
The fifth option, admitting to an ugly problem and authentically collaborating with advocates on solutions, is rarely chosen.
2) Just as with many other issues brought to it by the community, FCPS is not being honest, straightforward or holding itself accountable for the fact that too few of these disadvantaged kids are achieving as well as others relative to their populations and too few are fostered appropriately so they can be identified for and take advantage of advanced curricula, including advanced academic programs (AAP) and thence TJ and high school honors, AP and IB programs. The leaders in this system have had years to figure out how to make serious improvements, but they have hidden and spun or not even bothered to gather data and have excluded individuals and groups that could be partners in resolving this situation. Thus, we have a segregated system, as the data show.
3) The remedy for grievances in this case has little to do with TJ and TJ is not the main concern, but a harbinger. TJ admissions are the tip of the iceberg—the most visible aspect of a deep and cancerous problem. This problem is revealed elsewhere: in achievement discrepancies throughout the system and in the disproportionate numbers of disadvantaged children who are disciplined, suspended or who drop out.
4) We are not interested in tiny improvements. "Tiny" goes hand in hand with "death by a thousand cuts," which FCPS masters. Tiny improvements can disappear. This has happened with discipline and may be happening with honors programs as well. Incremental, years-long changes in helping the least among us are not acceptable. As FCPS delays, dawdles, and denies, individual starfish—Black, Latino, poor, and disabled kids—are dropping out. If they are not physically dropping out, they have dropped below their capabilities, given up or otherwise are simply accepted as underachieving, with concomitant results.
COTS has chosen to file a complaint and is taking an aggressive stance. That should make nobody in this community uncomfortable because it is the only language this system responds to. FairGrade did the same thing, only it had to raise a ruckus and "mob" the board to get heard. Restore Honors was the result of a similarly aggressive approach. No discipline changes would even have been considered if Nick Stuban hadn't committed suicide followed by media attention, and then if many of us seeking reform for years hadn't shamed FCPS into some action. I can guarantee this is not how we advocates want to function, but our hands are forced. We are continuously kept away from the table.
5) Bigots win if they succeed in pitting groups against each other. For example, I do not believe for a second that Asians and Black/Latinos and Whites are enemies on the TJ admissions front, nor that the goals of the Fairfax County Association of the Gifted and COTS are incompatible, as some imply. All want the very best qualified students to be admitted to TJ and AAPs, and want standards there to remain high. They want ALL students to be given every single opportunity available to have a shot at these programs. All want supports for gifted students—who can be as discriminated against as any other student. None of this pits kids against each other; adults set up the rules by which students play. There is a huge overlap in this Venn diagram, and nobody would want solutions at the expense of others.
6) Since when should we accept any response that "we are doing all we can?" The numbers show it just isn't so. Experience with other advocacy issues, such as unhealthy school start times, provides us a strong caution: The lack of integrity with which FCPS has addressed school start times is endemic to how too many of our hired and elected officials operate. An honest process could bring community members together instead of creating rifts. It could begin to remedy several fundamental concerns related to student health and well-being, including homework, teacher and student workload; physical and mental health; drug and alcohol use; use of community spaces; car accidents; and discipline. Discipline reform is similar: Collaborate on core issues there, and we get at achievement gaps, student well-being, and creating positive learning cultures. Address socioeconomic issues, and we get at discipline issues.
Everything is interconnected, and this county is failing in addressing issues as comprehensively as it could and should. Any issue dealt with sincerely and without fear would further mutually beneficial ends.
7) FCPS is notoriously awful at finding and addressing root causes, and the entire community is often left to speculate—and therefore bicker—about cause-effect. For example, some say the elementary school curriculum may be to blame for under-representation at TJ and, indeed, it may be one root cause, but we cannot honestly say so. There has been no inquiry with any integrity.
8) Prejudice exists. I argue that one of the very core issues is that FCPS administrators and some school board are refusing to recognize an inherent prejudice in the system. It exists somewhere, somehow, and probably in multiple forms. Raw, fearless sunlight must be poured on this entire issue to reveal the extent to which prejudice—and any cause—exists and the necessary and possible remedies.
This is a particularly emotional issue because nobody wants to be implicated as "racist." We—honorable humans—get defensive when race issues arise. We have to get beyond this raw response.
Prejudice is inherent in every human being; it's one way we survive. (Anybody who has taken psychology or anthropology understands this.) It is not a character flaw, unless it is left unscrutinized or deliberately ignored when it hurts others.
By "prejudice," I mean "pre-judgment:" in this situation, the views people bring with them into the school system and by which they judge children, their families, their cultures, and personal ability to work with kids whose circumstances are not familiar to them. We recognize "prejudice" like this in many forms unrelated to race: people have previous judgments about child and adolescent development, for example. Such judgment is based on knowledge, upbringing, and cultures; on scientific literacy; on many factors. It comes to bear in making decisions about policies, procedures and approaches. Peoples' views on race and socioeconomics and disabilities do not escape these kinds of pre-judgments. We remedy these through awareness, training, inclusion, and other means. Perhaps that must be part of a root solution to what's happening with the demographic we're discussing.
It is incumbent upon us to admit a problem exists and look at every possible cause and solution. FCPS gets an "F" for this process. COTS has called them on it; let's join them in seeking a remedy.
Caroline G. Hemenway


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burn321 wrote:Yeah Eternal Blue Continued, PSX was the only platform I knew it came on I got the game from my madre aha. Even if he was a difficult boss in the Sega version, the character still had no motivation for being evil. Mauri was tainted by Zophar's blood, Lunn was a jackass to begin with, the Fake Althena was vein and weak, Ghaleon (I love him but he was evil) was the Magic Emperor so duh there, Borgon was just... nothing. He had no motivation aside from a lust for power which he had achieved even before Zophar. He was just an unexplained character, I don't know I just couldn't find a scrape of respect for him, he was rape-y, and unsympathetic, and cowardly and I hated him
Honestly, I agree with a lot of this sentiment. Borgan's character arc (and how people responded) was the most difficult to really fit with the rest of the story.
Everyone in the upper echelon's of Althena's Guard had some clear motivation (Borgan included), but Borgan is the only one whose arc didn't actually resolve in any way. Consider:
- Zophar: Evil expressed through the manipulation of humanity's greed and base desires. No redemption, only defeat.
- False Althena: Vanity and fear of death (elaborated upon in the EB novels), which led to her manipulation by Zophar. Also no redemption; this vanity was her undoing when Zophar continued to use her.
- Ghaleon: Not actually evil -- all his "evil" actions were to put into place the means of Zophar's eventual defeat. His redemption was Hiro's recognition of this effort.
- Leo: Not actually evil, but rather tricked into doing Zophar's bidding. His redemption was breaking out and turning against those who manipulated him into evil. Impeccable fashion sense.
- Mauri: Not actually evil, but rather being controlled by the blood of Zophar. Her redemption was being free from this control.
- Lunn: Mad with power and overly ambitious, which led to him accepting Zophar's help for even greater power. He kidnapped and enslaved others, and after being defeated and accepting he was in the wrong, he accepts also that what he did was beyond redemption (at least in the US version -- the Japanese version has Jean actually forgiving him, which I don't like). So, his "redemption" wasn't something that forgave his past, but at least left him trying to contribute something to the ultimate defeat of Zophar.
- Borgan: Jealous at others' power versus his own weakness (elaborated upon in the Lemina novel), and a desire for revenge, which led to his acceptance of Zophar's help for power that he could finally wield over others. Like Lunn, he enslaved others, but with his defeat it's as if he never really accepted or admitted how horrible the things he did was. He even was "forgiven" by Miria! He doesn't get any redemption, but (unlike Lunn) they gloss right over that and act like he didn't do anything at all by the end.
So, yeah, in my mind, Borgan was the worst of the lot. He did horrible things, was defeated, pretended like those horrible things never happened, and never was called to answer for them. He's like the classic war criminal who goes on to live out the rest of his life in a village somewhere.
Ugh, I forgot how much I hated him as a character... I actually rated Lunn as worse than Borgan when I initially answered this poll, but now I'm not so sure. KF


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THE $1.4 trillion superannuation industry would be forced to disclose all transactions between funds and related parties, under a plan for sweeping change from the union-linked sector.
In an attempt to boost transparency, fund managers would also be forced to reveal how much they are paid to invest members' retirement savings.
Industry Funds Management, which represents not-for-profit funds, unveiled the plan as part of its proposal for tougher governance rules, released on Thursday.
Related-party transactions occur where a fund outsources a service to an entity with which it has financial links, such as a bank-owned fund purchasing services from the bank.
A 2010 paper from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority found "for-profit" retail funds tended to pay more when entering into related-party transactions than other funds.
Top fund managers – who can earn between $500,000 and several million dollars a year – would also have to publish their pay under the policy. Fund managers' pay is often a secret.
The calls for change came as APRA released final rules on investment and governance standards for the super industry – which it will supervise from next July. APRA deputy chairman Ross Jones said the regulator would take a "principles-based" approach to implementing the new regime, and would not be too prescriptive.
"APRA will work with superannuation trustees and boards of directors to monitor how they meet the new prudential requirements and uphold their responsibility to prudently manage superannuation funds in the best interests of beneficiaries," Mr Jones said.
The latest proposals from union-linked funds go further than what the regulator has outlined in its standards for the industry.
The new chairman of Industry Funds Management, former Victorian premier Steve Bracks, said the group's latest proposals would make superannuation more accountable as the industry grew rapidly.
"We are calling for uniform disclosure standards to be legislated across all parts of the super industry, including investment managers and other material service providers."
The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.


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Dinner Tonight: Roasted Asparagus with Poached Eggs and Miso Butter Recipe
Your source for quick recipe every single week day.
Between the miso butter and the yolk that bursts atop this mountain of asparagus, this dish is rich and filling—certainly enough for a dinner. Of course, a recipe so gluttonous would have to come from fat-loving David Chang. This recipe doesn't contain his signature touch of pork, but you certainly don't miss it.
What's so odd about this recipe is that he takes something very traditional (and admittedly delicious) like asparagus topped with an egg and transforms it with a simple ingredient. In this case it's the miso butter, which is spread out on the plate so it can coat every spear of asparagus. I used a shiromiso, which is a lighter style miso paste. It packs the dish with umami, making this about the most hedonistic plate of asparagus I've had.
- Yield:2
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- 2 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons white miso paste
- 1/2 teaspoon sherry vinegar
- 1 bunch thin asparagus, ends trimmed
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- Salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 475°F. Coat the asparagus with the olive oil and place in a roasting pan. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and a few cracks of black pepper. Cook in the oven for about 12 to 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, add the butter, miso paste, and sherry vinegar to a large bowl and whisk until smooth.
Bring a small pot of water to a boil. Add the white vinegar, and then turn the heat to a very gentle simmer. Carefully slide the two eggs into the water and cook until the whites have set, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove with a ladle.
Place the asparagus on a serving dish. Top with the miso butter and the poached eggs. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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VICTORIA - Another sign of B.C.'s cooling housing market is appearing in the form of property assessments that show some home values falling for the first time in years.
At the same time, the B.C. government is increasing the provincial homeowner grant that's used to help offset property taxes, which are partly based on the assessments.
The B.C. Assessment Authority says most homeowners will see a change of less than five per cent in the value of their properties compared to last year, but some may see a significant decrease, especially on Vancouver's west side and in Whistler, Pemberton, the Sunshine Coast and Bowen Island.
The reductions come after housing prices cooled during 2012, but some properties have also risen in value, and to deal with that, the government is increasing the threshold for people to claim the homeowners grant.
The threshold will rise by $10,000, meaning people with homes valued up to $1.29 million will qualify for the grant.
Finance Minister Mike de Jong says under the increase, more than one million homeowners in B.C. will be eligible for the full grant, or about 95.5 per cent of homeowners.
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It's been a rough season on Law & Order: SVU thus far for Det. Olivia Benson, who was kidnapped and tortured by a serial rapist in the haunting season premiere.
But behind the scenes, the series' longtime star Mariska Hargitay has only good things to say about the show's current season. "I think it's been a journey," the Emmy winner said Wednesday on the Today show. "I think the writing changes now that we have new showrunners. It feels to me like a different show now, which I think is a great thing. After 15 years, the show feels so unbelievably fresh, and that's a gift."
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Hargitay particularly praised Wednesday's episode (9/8c, NBC) in which Benson's captor, William Lewis (Pablo Schreiber) will finally stand trial for what he did to her. "I read this and I thought, 'This is one of the best scripts I'd ever read — so complicated and so painful,'" Hargitay said.
However, no matter what happens to her attacker, Hargitay said her character's emotional struggle in the wake of her attack is far from over. "It's not that simple, I think," she explained. "What she went through, I don't know that she can recover from. It has changed her. She's still fighting PTSD."
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The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged the former partner in charge of KPMG's Pacific Southwest audit practice, Scott London, and his friend, Bryan Shaw, with insider trading on nonpublic information about firm clients.
The SEC alleges that London tipped Shaw with confidential details about five KPMG audit clients and enabled Shaw to make more than $1.2 million in illicit profits trading ahead of earnings or merger announcements.
The two men had met at a country club several years earlier and became close friends and golfing partners, according to the SEC. London has said that he provided the inside information about his clients to help Shaw overcome financial struggles after his family-run jewelry business began faltering in the economic downturn.
In exchange for the illegal trading tips, the SEC said that Shaw paid London at least $50,000 in cash that was usually delivered in bags outside of his Encino, Calif., jewelry store. Shaw also gave London an expensive Rolex watch as well as other jewelry, meals and tickets to entertainment events.
London, who lives in Agoura Hills, Calif., and worked at KPMG for nearly 30 years, recently informed the firm that he was under investigation by the SEC and criminal authorities for insider trading in the securities of several KPMG clients. The firm immediately fired him.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California announced criminal charges against London the same day.
"London was honored with the highest trust of public companies, and he crassly betrayed that trust for bags of cash and a Rolex," said George S. Canellos, acting director of the Division of Enforcement, in a statement.
Michele Wein Layne, director of the SEC's Los Angeles Regional Office, added, "As a leader at a major accounting firm, London's conduct was an egregious violation of his ethical and professional duties."
According to the SEC's complaint filed in federal court in Los Angeles, London began providing Shaw with nonpublic information in October 2010 and the misconduct continued for the next 18 months. Shaw and London communicated almost exclusively using their cell phones, although on at least one occasion London disclosed nonpublic information in the presence of others during a golf outing.
According to the SEC's complaint, "London was the lead partner on several KPMG audits including Herbalife and Skechers USA, and he was the firm's account executive for Deckers Outdoor Corp. Therefore, London was able to obtain material, nonpublic information about these companies prior to their earnings announcements or release of financial results." Shaw, who lives in Lake Sherwood, Calif., "routinely traded at least a dozen times on the inside information he received from London. He grossed profits of more than $714,000 from trading based on confidential financial data about Herbalife, Skechers and Deckers," the SEC said. The SEC alleges that London also gained access to inside information about impending mergers involving two former KPMG clients—RSC Holdings and Pacific Capital. London tipped Shaw with the confidential details. "Shaw made nearly $192,000 by purchasing RSC Holdings stock the day before its Dec. 15, 2011, merger announcement. He made more than $365,000 in illicit profits from his well-timed purchase of Pacific Capital securities prior to a merger announcement on March 9, 2012," the SEC said.
According to the SEC's complaint, "in addition to the bags of cash and the Rolex watch valued at $12,000, Shaw gave London several pieces of expensive jewelry for his wife and routinely covered the costs of dinners and concerts the two men shared along with their families."
The SEC's complaint charges London and Shaw with violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5. The complaint seeks a final judgment permanently ordering them to disgorge ill-gotten gains plus pay prejudgment interest and financial penalties, and enjoining them from future violations of these provisions of the federal securities laws.
The SEC's investigation began in mid-2012 and is continuing.
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SONY HDR-SR1 records AVCHD video onto its hard drive as .MTS files. Because the video camera's 30 GB hard drive is using a FAT32 filesystem, if HDV video is recorded in chunks longer than 20 minutes, the size of that shot's data will surpass 2 GB. Since FAT32 does not support this, the SONY HDR-SR1 automatically increments the filename and starts recording data to a new file.
This results in a series of filenames on the camera such as:
00002.MTS (last in series will be less than 2 GB)
When connecting the HDR-SR1 to your PC, you may be tempted (as I was) to navigate directly into the camera's video storage folder…
…and simply copy those files onto your PC's hard drive. Vegas recognizes the .MTS files and will import them without complaining. Many video playback apps (such as VLC) understand that the MTS extension means video. Heck, what could be simpler than copy/pasting those AVCHD video clips right on into your computer… exactly where you want them?
Let me respond to that rhetorical question I'm pretending you asked with my own? How would you like a nice warm glass of FAIL?
My experience is that those .MTS files 2 GB in size are NOT always recognized by SONY VEGAS (including SONY VEGAS 8.0 including release 8.0c). The camera does not properly end the AVCHD data, and while the files may usually import into Vegas, such an approach will occasionally lead to…
- Gimped frames at the end of your 2 GB video clip.
- Vegas unable to import the 2 GB video segment at all ("unrecognized file format").
- Vegas crashing when the file is imported (Vegas 7 does this, I have not seen it with Vegas 8).
Instead, be sure SONY PICTURE UTILITY is installed on your PC. It was included with your SONY HDR-SR1 camera, and once installed will automatically launch the "HDD Handycam Utility" when your SONY HDR-SR1 is connected to your PC.
This utility joins any multiple .MTS files which correspond to a single continuous shot into a single .m2ts file on your PC's hard drive.
Since the MTS files usually worked, it took me quite a while (and a few support tickets to SONY) to figure this out. Hopefully this post will accelerate that understanding for someone else.


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Some species of cephalopods are incapable of concealing their sexual history. The males produce packets of sperm called spermatangia that they grasp with a specialized arm that they then reach out and splat, poke into their mate. In Octopoteuthis deletron, a deep-sea squid, these spermatangia are large, pale, and distinctive, so every time a squid is mated it's left with a little white dangling flag marking it — so sex is like a combination of tag and paintball. The males are loaded with ammo — 1646 were counted in the reproductive tract of one male — and the spermatangia can be counted using a video camera.
So a ROV went down deep into the Monterey Submarine Canyon and documented the profligate promiscuity of these squid. The females had been busy: individuals had between 21 and 147 spermatangia dangling from them.
The surprise was that the males were equally likely to have been inseminated multiple times in their life, between 15 and 25 times. They're all manic bisexuals! They're also creative in their sexual behavior; as you can see below, spermatangia are implanted everywhere, mantle, arms, ventrally, dorsally. It's all one big gay orgy down there under the sea.
Most cephalopods, this species included, live short lives and the perpetuation of the species relies on rapid, successful mating. The authors explain this same-sex mating behavior as an adaptive response to a life-style in which discrimination is less important than simply getting the job done.
We have only observed them as solitary individuals. The combination of a solitary life, poor sex differentiation, the difficulty of locating a conspecific and the rapidity of the sexual encounter probably results in the observed high frequency of spermatangia-bearing males in this species. Apparently, the costs involved in losing sperm to another male are smaller than the costs of developing sex discrimination and courtship, or of not mating at all. This behaviour further exemplifies the 'live fast and die young' life strategy of many cephalopods.
I prefer to think of it as a brief happy life spent writhing constantly, passionately in the arms of love.
Hoving HJT, Bush SL, Robison BH (2011) A shot in the dark: same-sex sexual behaviour in a deep-sea squid. Biol. Lett. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0680.
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Cars are important part of our life. Once you own an automobile, you give it a special position in your heart. Every car owners wants their car to look good. Our love for automobile has brought revolution in this industry. People are going after new and modern cars, customizing those to make it look even better. Getting the first car is considered a special event like wedding. All these activities certainly represent our affection for personal vehicle. We want our car to be just like we want, hence the invention of car window tint. Window tents can certainly add many benefits in your car.
Some of those are listed below:
Windows tints are great for car privacy. You may have already seen that party limousine use dark glasses to protect privacy of the guest inside. Privacy is the main reason many vehicle owners wants dark glass on their private vehicle. It is even helpful to prevent break ins. When someone can't see the interior of your car, it makes them less curious. So your privacy is protected and you will be safe from unwanted attention. Window tints also makes it impossible to see valuable possessions of yours inside the car like watch, mobile phone or laptops. Your personal vehicle is safer with window tint.
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Window tints are one way of keeping your car cool. If you have the right kind of window tint, it can really help to keep the environment cool inside. Dark glasses are more effective in blocking external heat getting inside the car. So you don't have to keep the air condition running all the time while driving. This can really save your fuel cost and make your car even more comfortable. When you keep your car on the parking lot under red hot sun and get back in it after a while, the inside of the car will be too hot and uncomfortable. Darkened window tint can keep your car environment cool even under hot sun.
Window tints are also very important for driving safety. Along with keeping your privacy and cool, window tint can make your car safer. The glare from sun can distract drivers while driving and it can be very dangerous. A window tint can reduce the sun glare and keep your driving distraction free. This is more applicable when you are driving in a sunny hot day. Sunlight can damage your vehicle interior also. Window tint can really help to keep you and your vehicle safe.
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Your car is one of your most favorite possession. You don't want it be damaged by any cost. Keeping your car safe is more like protecting your major investment. Shaded glass can protect the interiors of the car. The seat leathers and other interior made of plastic can be damaged with direct sunlight. Window tint can reduce the damaging effect of ultraviolet rays and keep your car interior in good condition.…


text: Cenote Dos Ojos is a flooded cave system located north of Tulum on the Caribbean Coast on the Yucatan Peninsula Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is known officially as Sistema Dos Ojos. Cenotes is the local name for the sinkhole entrances. The cave system encompases 51 miles and is still being explored. The name Dos Ojos refers to two large cenotes that resemble two large eyes into the underground.


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Continuing a trend that's a handful of years in the making, 2015 non-conference opponents will soon announce its game will be played on a neutral field.
According to the Charlotte Observer, the Sept. 5, 2015 North Carolina-South Carolina game will be played at Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium, home of the NFL's Panthers and the ACC championship game. An official announcement is expected to come Thursday morning.
That game will serve as the season opener for both schools.
The two teams will also open the 2013 season against each other Aug. 29 at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. That game will mark the first time the two neighbors have faced each other in football since the 2007 season, a 21-15 road victory for the Gamecocks.


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Governor's Office of Consumer Protection Warns of Grant Scams
ATLANTA, GA – The Governor's Office of Consumer Protection has seen a resurgence of complaints about government grant scams. In the typical scenario the consumer receives a call from an official-sounding agency who informs the caller that he or she is eligible for a government grant in the amount of several thousand dollars. Consumers may be given an explanation for their "eligibility", such as the fact that they have paid their rent or their income taxes on time. The caller then asks the consumer to wire several hundred dollars to cover processing fees or insurance. In some cases, consumers may be asked to provide their bank account information so that the grant money can be directly deposited to the consumer's account. Since this is a scam, the caller takes the consumer's money, and the consumer never receives the promised grant money.
Another variation on this scam is a caller who guarantees a large government grant in exchange for several thousand dollars for writing the grant application.
Remember that legitimate grant-writing companies almost never telemarket, send unsolicited fax advertisements, or advertise by bulk mail to the general public. Consumers should also note that no one can "guarantee" that an applicant will receive a grant. Government grants are usually aimed at the needy, educational institutions, or specialists who can provide assistance to the government. A list of information about government grants and how to apply can be found at www.grants.gov, a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Additional ways to protect yourself from a grant scam are:
- Never give out your bank account or financial information to people you don't know, especially unsolicited telemarketers.
- Never pay money to receive a "free" grant. Real government agencies won't ask you to pay a processing fee for a grant that you have already been awarded, nor will they charge you money for a list of grants you can apply for.
- Just because a caller claims to be from a legitimate sounding organization doesn't mean it's true. Scammers may even use "spoofing" software to falsify the telephone number that appears on your caller ID. The call might appear to be from Washington, DC, when, in fact, the caller could be anywhere in the world.
If you believe you have been the victim of a government grant scam, contact the Federal Trade Commission at www.ftc.gov or by calling 1-877- FTC-HELP.
For more information, contact Shawn Conroy, Governor's Office of Consumer Protection, at 404-656-3790.


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In this new post on the Springboard Software blog today, Michael takes a look at a very handy feature that PHP has to offer those working with objects - a form of introspection.
One of the things we love about Java is its ability to use introspection. Don't know what methods or field an object has? Just ask it.
It turns out that PHP provides some nifty introspection features as well. We've found one to be particularly useful: the ability of a PHP object to tell us its member variables at runtime. Not sure what that means? Let's look at an example.
In his example, he uses a content management system, specifically the "business objects" to illustrate his point. Introspection comes into play when the get_class_vars function is called, returning the defined variables for an object and allowing one to feed in values to be automagically set (in this case, either an array, a request, or a primary key for a record from the database).


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12 Must-Buy Vegan Cookbooks
Whether you're a novice in the kitchen (guilty), a fan of hearty "meaty" dishes (guilty), a health nut (occasionally guilty), or a sugar fiend (hella guilty), there's a vegan cookbook just for you! I've compiled a list of some of my faves that fall into all of these different categories!
I'ld love to know what some of your favorite cookbooks are too, so comment below and lemme know! xo
About Sunny (Sunny's Profile)Longtime vegan, hardcore compassionate beauty junkie, serious cake aficionado, and lover of all things floofy and sparkly! If there's something in particular you'd like me to review, drop me a line at email@example.com. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Google +.
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I absolutely love the "Oh She Glows" cookbook. This is the first cookbook that I have owned that I want to make every single recipe in the book! Angela Liddon's walnut taco salad, sweet potato enchiladas, and chickpea salad sandwich are all amazing 🙂
I love Appetite For Reduction but Isa Chandra Moskowitcz!
I have a few vegan cookbooks which I rarely use since I don't cook at home much 🙁 I don't have any of these, but I think I will ask for a few for Christmas from hubsy & start cooking again!


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NEW YORK – If superhero Danny Rand really did have a fist made of iron, right now it would be rusting.
It's creeping up on midnight on a mid-September evening in New York's Central Park, and things are very, very wet. Wet for the stars of the upcoming Marvel TV series Iron Fist, that is – Finn Jones, who plays mystical martial arts champion Danny Rand, and Jessica Henwick, who plays Rand's partner and ally, Colleen Wing.
For three straight nights, the pair – along with The Wire's Ramon Rodriguez, playing a yet-to-be-revealed character who we won't spoil here – have been shooting an intricately choreographed and thoroughly rain-drenched fight scene for the series, which debuts March 17 on Netflix.
This sealed-off section of the park in front of the famed Bethesda Fountain is abuzz with the show's small army of crew, most of whom are intently watching video monitors or bustling to and fro in a beautiful, mosaic-covered passage near the fountain. From the dry comfort of the tunnel, we watch Henwick do take after take, her katana flashing in the moonlight-hued floodlights and her long, dark hair soaked by the towering rain machines perched on crane arms above her. Though Iron Fist will largely eschew so-called wire work, there's some at play here, with harnesses helping the adversaries achieve supernaturally high leaps and kicks.
But Henwick's spirits remain – if you'll pardon the pun – undampened. On this final of night of the swordfight shoot, a snippet of which can be briefly glimpsed in the show's latest trailer, the crew has finally relented and given her a wetsuit to wear under her snug, black costume.
"For the first two days they were worried you would be able to see (the wetsuit), and then finally it got to the stage where it was like, 'OK, one of them is going to get hypothermia,' " says a soaked Henwick on a break in filming what will ultimately be the 12th episode of the 13-part series.
By joining the Marvel universe, the 24-year-old Henwick has scored something of a nerd trifecta – she played the whip-wielding Nymeria Sand in Game of Thrones and X-Wing fighter pilot Jess Pava in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
"I think, back in the day, the ultimate trifecta was considered Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and maybe Star Trek," Henwick says. "It's funny how Marvel is such a big player. It's pretty cool. A lot of the people who like my work seem to be very happy that I'm joining this project, which is great."
In part, she might have co-star Jones to thank for landing the role of Colleen Wing. Jones, probably best known as the ill-fated Loras Tyrell on Game of Thrones, jumped at the chance to help his friend Henwick practice scenes for her audition. But Henwick had already been pursuing the part of Colleen Wing with determination, and trained relentlessly with the show's fight coordinators before cameras even started rolling.
"It was intense. It's transformed my body over these past five months," says Henwick. "I've never felt so physically capable as I do now."
Despite the drama of the scene – there's a major betrayal happening, that's all we can say – the mood on set is light. Jones greets a group of visiting journalists and apologizes for the smell of piss in the passage: "It's New York!" he says cheerily. Later, as an assistant director orders more water to be sprayed on Jones' shirt, he saucily asks in his native English accent, "Am I wet enough for you?" Meanwhile, Henwick playfully bites the arm of the guy holding the audio sync clapper as they set up for a shot.
Apparently being a hero is a lot of fun.
"I was like, 'Yeah, I'm never gonna be a superhero. It's a million miles away," Jones says during another break in filming. "But the more I read it, the more I felt it. I just knew this was the time and this was the role that was waiting for me."
In the TV interpretation of Marvel's Iron Fist comics, a young Danny Rand is the sole survivor of a plane crash in the mountains of Tibet which kills his parents. The 10-year-old Danny is rescued by monks and brought to the mystical city of K'un-Lun, where he trains in martial arts and eventually unlocks the power of the Iron Fist, an ability that allows him to destroy just about any solid object – or person – with a single punch from his right hand.
Upon returning to New York, the adult Danny is not exactly welcomed by the conniving Harold Meachum (David Wenham), the man who controls the billion-dollar Rand Enterprises corporation, to which Danny is the rightful heir. Mix in all kinds of other criminal activity and mystical enemies, and this freshly minted hero has his fists full.
Iron Fist is Marvel's fourth Netflix superhero series, after Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. The stars of each show are currently busy working on The Defenders, the upcoming series that will bring the four heroes together as sort of a grittier, bloodier version of the Avengers.
"I'm looking forward to the dynamic that everyone's going to bring on the show," Jones says of The Defenders. Especially, he says, because of the way Marvel and Netflix are treating superheroes: with a sort of realism not found on the big screen.
The Netflix shows "are taking out that Hollywood aspect of superheroes," says Jones. "There are so many superhero films coming out, and I think the majority of the audience are getting pretty fed up at how generic they are."
Henwick agrees. "These are street-level superheroes, so it's all about protecting the people in your city," she says. "I think our shows are much more grounded, we're not as fantastical as the films."
Except, you know, for the whole high-flying swordfight in the moonlit rain thing. Not that we're complaining.
We're stoked for the martial arts mayhem of Iron Fist, as the latest Marvel and Netflix team-up punches its way into our streams and onto our screens on March 17. From an extensive visit to the show's New York City and Brooklyn sets last fall and interviews with cast and crew, here are seven cool things we learned about the world of Iron Fist, and the heroes who inhabit it.
While hues of green and yellow will frequently be seen in the wardrobe of Danny Rand (Finn Jones), Iron Fist's classic emerald tights and yellow mask won't appear in this series, something showrunner Scott Buck recently confirmed in an interview with GamesRadar. As costume designer Stephanie Maslansky explains to us, the show's understated costumes speak to "the evolution of Danny Rand himself."
As a mystical martial artist, it only makes sense that Iron Fist will have plenty of action-packed scraps. Brett Chan, the show's stunt coordinator and fight choreographer, says one melee will see Danny Rand (and perhaps an ally) taking on 30 baddies at once. And yes, there's a corridor fight scene, sort of like the jaw-dropping one in the first season of Daredevil. Sort of. "It's a little different," says Chan. "It's shorter, and I think it's a little better."
We toured the intricately detailed Brooklyn sound stage sets of Colleen Wing's rough-around-the-edges dojo and its adjoining apartment, Harold Meachum's swanky private lair and Rand Enterprises' 45th floor corporate offices, complete with a very convincing Manhattan skyline backdrop. Production
designer Loren Weeks proudly says the Rand Enterprises set is on par with Stark Industries in the Iron Man movies – "not easy to do on a television budget."
Weeks, who has worked on every Marvel Netflix show, initially found it hard to see his sets torn apart once filming wrapped on each series. "On Daredevil, I was distressed. On Jessica Jones, I gritted my teeth. On Luke Cage, I said, 'Go for it!' " he says. And blending the distinct visual vibes of the four shows into one series for The Defenders? "I think that's going to be a big challenge."
"I kind of feel like Americans are more into comic books than us Brits," says the London-born Jones. "Comic books weren't really a part of my childhood, and so, no, I hadn't heard of the comic book character at all. But as soon as I started reading about him, I knew this was the role for me, 100%."
Though her character has just a few minutes of screen time in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Henwick's X-wing fighter pilot Jessika Pava – aka Jess Testor, or simply Testor – has been incorporated into several Star Wars canon comics and novels. "It was so much fun to film that, but the thing that's been most rewarding is seeing young girls come up dressed as my character, like, 'Oh my God, I didn't know girls could be pilots too!' It's the sweetest thing," says Henwick, who plays the sword-swinging, butt-kicking Colleen Wing in Iron Fist. Will we see her in this year's Star Wars: The Last Jedi or 2019's as-yet untitled Star Wars: Episode IX? "It's really up to the new directors."
In the comics, Luke Cage and Danny Rand join forces as Power Man and Iron Fist, heroes for hire. Given the amount of cross-pollination we've seen already in Marvel's Netflix shows, will we be treated to a meet-up between Luke (Mike Colter) and Danny in this series before they fight side by side in The Defenders? Jones smiles, a little too secretively. "It's possible," he says.
"Anything is possible."
-Steve Tilley
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Economy IS improving. Don't mess it up, Congress!October 17, 2012: 12:41 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, and Abbott Laboratories, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
The U.S. economy has been slogging along at a sluggish pace for several years. I've been referring to the post-Great Recession period as the barbecue recovery since 2010. It's been low and slow.
But even conspiracy theorists like Jack Welch would have to admit that the economy is finally beginning to show some faint signs of life. (To quote Paul McCartney, you have to admit it's getting better. Then again, to quote John Lennon, it couldn't get much worse.)
Consumers are spending more. Many retailers are ramping up hiring plans for the holidays because they expect strong sales in November and December. Inflation, once you throw out the recent spike in gas prices, is still relatively tame.
The housing market has finally bounced off the bottom. Sales and prices are up. Builders are seeing more demand and so are banks -- with the notable exception of Citigroup (C), who seems to be the Eeyore of the housing recovery. (It's my birthday and I can't find my refi boom.)
And even though the validity of the unemployment rate has been in dispute lately, the job market is clearly in better shape now than a few years ago.
Related: Obama's economy: A snapshot
I could go on with more economic facts and figures. One might say that I've got binders full of ... wonky statistics. But all this relatively good news will be for naught if Congress mucks it up by pulling a Felix Baumgartner. The economy may be about to take a 24 mile-high jump into the fiscal cliff.
Although there has been notable improvement in housing, retail sales, jobs and the stock market this year, many experts still think that the recovery is extremely fragile.
The economy is simply not growing quickly enough to withstand the shock of massive budget cuts and higher tax rates that would come about if lawmakers are not able to come to an agreement before the end of the year to avert the fiscal cliff. Without a deal, many economists think the U.S. could be back in a recession in 2013.>
"When you look at the numbers, the thought of going over the cliff is not super appealing," said David Abuaf, chief investment officer at Hefty Wealth Partners in Auburn, Ind. "Nobody wants this to be a 10-year recovery."
Abuaf said that many investors are still skeptical about the economy. So failure to solve the fiscal cliff issues before the end of the year could have disastrous consequences on the financial markets. Investors may be waiting for inaction by Congress as an excuse to sell.
Fortunately, Abuaf (like many experts) believes that Congress won't take a blind step off the cliff.
"You always have hardliners. Congress always moves at the 11th hour. That's politics," he said.
Related: Commentary: Let's jump off the fiscal cliff
But merely coming to some sort of fiscal agreement won't be sufficient to prevent a slowdown next year. It needs to be the right kind of deal, i.e. a permanent one and not yet another stopgap measure that kicks the proverbial can down the road.
Steve Blitz, chief economist at ITG Investment Research in New York, says consumers and business leaders want resolution about tax rates for good instead of needing to worry about another new deadline.
"The issue for the fiscal cliff won't be the impact on growth per se. It's the uncertainty about what's going to be done on taxes for individuals and corporations," Blitz said. "Lawmakers are going to yell and scream and it will be great theater. There will probably be some agreement. But people can't make decisions until they know what the rules of the game are going to be."
And that would be a big problem for the entire world. Keep in mind that Asia and Europe are not exactly healthy. The U.S. might be able to help pull the rest of the globe out of the current economic slump -- or at the very least minimize the pain. But that's only if we don't wind up with a spending paralysis that leads to another recession.
"There is a slow implosion in Europe and a slowdown in China. The fiscal cliff just complicates the global picture further," Blitz said.
So there you have it. Election Day is less than three weeks away. Once the partisan dust settles and we know what the makeup of Congress looks like and whether or not there will be a new inhabitant of the Oval Office, it will be time for politicians to stop being politicians and actually be leaders for once.
Otherwise, there will be hell to pay for all lawmakers if we're still talking about why the economy hasn't recovered by the time the 2014 mid-term elections roll around.
On a lighter note, CNNMoney had a story on its home page Monday about e-book credits for users of Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle and Apple's (AAPL) iPad. That story had the following image of a Kindle book.
I asked my Twitter followers to identify the subject of that book. Forbes markets editor Steve Schaefer won the challenge.
I remember the no-hitter too. Sadly, the current Yankees could use Abbott ... as a hitter ... despite the fact that he hit .095 in his one season in the National League with the Brewers.


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When atoms are excited by high-energy X-ray photons, electrons in the form of photoelectrons are knocked out of the zone of the inner electron shells. The instable electron vacancies thus produced in one or several electron shells are replaced by electrons from the outer shells emitting the excess energy in the form of secondary X-ray photons. This phenomenon is known as "fluorescence". The energy of the emitting fluorescence photon is characteristic of the corresponding element (E = hc/l). Moreover, the number of emitting photons is proportional to the concentration of the element in the sample.
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A qualitative analysis is performed by comparing the measured spectrum with a stored line library. For the semiquantitative analysis, a fundamental-parameter program using stored element sensitivity libraries is used. Matrix influences and material impurities, such as sample carriers and fixation materials, are also taken into account.
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Researchers spent 9 years testing chelation therapy and were surprised when results showed a slight positive edge for the controversial flushing of minerals from the body in those trying to avoid a cardiovascular event after a myocardial infarction.
Cardiologists at the recent American Heart Association meeting were quick to jump onto the bandwagon that urged "caution" when interpreting the results of the study, dubbed TACT (Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy).
Clyde Yancy, MD, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, said the study was not a home run, but more of a bunt.
When MedPage Today asked readers whether such "alternative" therapies should be held to a higher standard, the findings were close, but most voters (46%) leaned towards allowing such non-traditional therapies to be free from government oversight.
One-fifth of our 1,670 readers who voted indicated that such alternative therapies should be held to a higher standard, while one-third said that they should be held only sometimes to higher standards.
Overall, however, that means that 54% did not vote "yes" to this important question.
The NIH spent millions of dollars on the study only to discover that the results were inconclusive at best but leaned toward positive.
In the comments supplied by readers, many indicated that the rate of death or even adverse reactions associated with traditional Western medicine is much higher than that associated with alternative therapies. Therefore, no such oversight is necessary.
"Western medicine kills at least 150,000 people each year. Alternative therapies in 2010 in the U.S. killed exactly none. It's blatantly obvious that it's Western medicine needs to be held to a higher standard," said one reader.
But this calculation could be skewed, as a few readers reminded us that patients who seek alternative cures for cancer, such as Apple's late founder Steve Jobs, are in danger of enabling their cancer to spread. Alternative therapy therefore "contributes to deaths by fooling some people into avoiding appropriate therapy."
On the other hand, one reader lamented that vitamin D and fish oil are "constantly under attack despite the fact that the safety of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors is in question as is that of certain hypertensive drugs."
In the NIH-sponsored study of chelation, the investigators did not understand the mechanism of action that produced the positive effect. A few readers noted that alternative treatments for which a mechanism of action cannot be established should be held to a higher standard of proof of efficacy.
"If the mechanism for the action cannot be determined, then controlling for confounding factors isn't possible and the data aren't reliable," a reader said.
Several readers noted that the term "complementary" should be considered when evaluating the effect of these adjunctive therapies, that they belong along side Western medicine. However, readers did point out that complementary medicine can be toxic or dangerous and patients need to be adequately counseled when mixing and matching medications with supplements.
"I believe the problem is more about realigning financial incentives to promote therapies (and the research of those therapies) that produce better results, not more money in someone's pocket," one reader said.
The irony wasn't lost on our readers that the term "non-traditional" medicine is being used for healing that's been around thousands of years. Yet these medicines should be held to high standards, readers pointed out.


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Boston pitcher Rick Porcello had the wind knocked out of him after taking a hard liner to the stomach. Two pitches later, Cleveland's Greg Allen knocked the energy right out of Fenway Park.
Allen hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning right after Porcello was struck, Corey Kluber tied for the major league lead with his 16th win and the Indians beat the Red Sox 5-4 Monday night.
"That was intense," Allen said. "You really weren't sure (if he was staying in) especially after a hit like that."
In a meeting of AL division leaders — and a matchup of the last two Cy Young Award winners, it was 3-all into the seventh.
Porcello (15-6) retired the leadoff batter and walked the next hitter. Yan Gomes followed with a liner that hit Porcello near the stomach — Porcello retrieved the ball near the mound, threw to second for a forceout and then slid to his knees, grabbing the spot where he was hit.
Porcello was checked on the mound, took a practice toss or two, and stayed in the game. Allen then sent a drive into the Indians' bullpen for his second home run of the season.
"I don't think the one that hit him had any effect on the next pitch. The first change-up was a good one," Boston manager Alex Cora said. "Then he threw another one and he hung it."
Porcello said after he caught his breath that he was fine. He was more bothered by what he threw after that.
"The pitch to Allen — I'm not trying to take anything away from him — but I think even I could have hit that one pretty hard," he said. "That was not a good pitch and it came at the worst possible time."
Kluber (16-6) pitched into the seventh inning and matched Washington's Max Scherzer and the Yankees' Luis Severino for the most victories in the majors.
Michael Brantley and Melky Cabrera also homered to help the AL Central-leading
Indians improve to 14-4 in August.
Xander Bogaerts had an early two-run single and an RBI single in the ninth for East-leading Boston.
The Red Sox had the first two runners on against closer Cody Allen in the ninth, and scored a run on Bogaerts' dribbler with two outs before Ian Kinsler flied out with two runners on base, leaving them with just their fifth loss in 22 games.
"That's what's called holding on for dear life," Indians manager Terry Francona said.
Allen posted his 25th save.
"You can breathe a sigh of relief after throwing 27 pitches and 20 of them were questionable and seven of them were good," he said.
Kluber, who won his second Cy Young Award last year, gave up three runs and nine hits, striking out six and walking one in 6 1/3 innings.
Porcello allowed five runs on three homers, fanning six and walking one over seven.
The game featured four top contenders for the AL MVP award: Boston outfielder Mookie Betts, who leads the majors in hitting (.342), and DH/outfielder J.D. Martinez, the majors' home run (38) and RBIs leader (106), along with Cleveland third baseman Jose Ramirez (second in homers with 37) and shortstop Francisco Lindor.
Trailing 3-0, Cabrera homered into Boston's bullpen in the fifth and Brantley hit his drive into Cleveland's bullpen the next inning.
Bogaerts flicked a low-and-away pitch into rightcenter with two outs in the first for his single.
Andrew Benintendi's opposite-field RBI single made it 3-0 in the third.
RESPECT — Francona, who managed the Red Sox from 2004-11, talked about one of his favorite players, Boston 2B Dustin Pedroia, who has missed most of the season recovering from offseason left knee surgery.
"There's nobody like him and I don't imagine there will be," Francona said. "He willed himself to be the player he is, and his body is paying for it."
SHOW THAT LEATHER — The clubs combined for a half-dozen highlight defensive plays. The best two were: a long running grab by CF Allen off the bat of Kinsler and a diving catch by LF Benintendi, robbing Allen.
Members of both pitching staffs were tossing footballs around in opposite sides of the outfield about 3 1/2 hours before the start, with Boston's crew laughing and smiling as it ran fly patterns.
TRAINER'S ROOM — Indians: DH Edwin Encarnacion (disabled list since Aug. 12, right wrist contusion) took batting practice on the field.
Red Sox: Cora said lefty ace Chris Sale (went on DL Saturday, mild left shoulder inflammation) hasn't thrown yet. "We're shooting whenever he's ready," Cora said. "We're not going to push him." … C Christian Vazquez (DL, fractured right pinkie) has been catching bullpens and hitting soft toss. Cora hopes he'll start taking BP later this week. He also was in CF catching pop ups from a machine before BP. … 3B Rafael Devers (DL, strained left hamstring) did some light running on the field.
UP NEXT — Indians: Rookie RHP Shane Bieber (6- 2, 4.37 ERA) is scheduled to make his first career start against the Red Sox this evening.
Red Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (5-4, 3.62) is set to start. He's 2-0 with a 1.99 ERA in four starts with Boston since being acquired from Tampa Bay before the trade deadline.
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The Hazells still have 3 at home, but I believe 2 of their older kids are in a competitive engineering college. I think Marie was referring to those 2 boys using MFW in this thread: http://board.mfwbooks.com/viewtopic.php ... 1673#p1673 Although of course the high school program wasn't written yet and they were probably the earliest pilot kids for that.LA in Baltimore wrote:Two questions my husband already thought of, and thought you all might know:
I think this was already mentioned on a post I read but don't remember where - are MFW high school courses geared for the college-bound?
Have any of the author's children used these programs and gone on to college? I hope this doesn't sound like a silly question, but in the past some of the publishers' materials I've chosen were really neat from a Charlotte Mason perspective, but it did not appear that any of the publishers' children had gone on to college (usually they were helping in the family business, etc.) and as neat as some of the things were that I used, I wonder if my children have had enough meat for what will be expected of them on college entrance exams, etc. (How was that for a run-on sentence!?) :)
Sometimes I feel like we are under a homeschooling microscope because my husband works for a University and we become the poster children for homeschooling. Only problem is, we are answering to God, not to what the academic community expects!
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Both parents have college degrees, as well. The author's degree relates to teaching and curriculum writing. Another "qualification" your husband might be interested in is the fact that the Hazells spent 8 years as missionaries in the Russia area, and David Hazell still serves Bible translation groups in that area of the world.
I, myself, have a son who graduated from a competitive engineering school. Although he was not homeschooled, I can say that I am aware of what's ahead and am still completely confident in the education my youngest is receiving through MFW.
I think dh can rest easy :o)